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EXCELL Program
The athletic department offers the EXCELL academic support program to all new student-athletes (freshman/transfer), and returning students who are identified as needing additional academic support.
The EXCELL program was created to help the student-athlete learn and develop specific behaviors which, when assimilated, allow the student to take advantage of the classroom learning experience. These behaviors are:
- Regular, daily class attendance
- Complete assignments before they are due
- Develop clear, readable, understandable notes
- Develop and follow a study calendar
EXCELL students meet with an advisor up to five times per week, in the Academic Center for Student-Athletes. They review academic progress of the student, plan tutoring sessions, determine class status and evaluate the student's progress. The student must continually demonstrate that the learned skills and behaviors are being used. The focal point of the program is to introduce the student-athlete to appropriate learning skills and behaviors, concentrating on:
- Note Taking
- Textbook Reading
- Time Management
- Study Skills
- Decision Making
- Using Campus Resources
- Career Counseling
EXCELL creates an environment where student-athletes have the opportunity to grow and develop to their fullest academic and athletic potential. By providing coordinated academic, personal and social support, EXCELL reduces the chances that these students will not reach their full potential. The result is a success-oriented, achieving individual.
Tutoring Program
The Athletic Department tutoring program works in conjunction with the Learning Resource Center (LRC), located in Academic IV, Room 345, to optimize the tutoring pool. Tutors are available for 100 and 200 level courses and select upper level classes. Tutoring is available for all student-athletes in both individual and group tutoring sessions.
Student-athletes requesting individual tutors should meet with a staff member from ACSA and complete a Tutor Request Form. Student-athletes will be placed with a tutor in a timely manner either from the Athletic Department or the LRC tutoring pool. At the end of each tutoring session, the tutor will complete a Tutor Report Form commenting on the sessions, and recommend a course of action. All tutoring sessions are once a week unless otherwise noted.
Group or content tutoring is also available for student-athletes. These sessions are held weekly in the RAC and the subjects vary from semester to semester. Please consult ACSA for a list of subjects, dates and times.
It is highly recommended that all student-athletes bring their textbooks, class notes and syllabus to every tutoring session. This will give the tutors a clear idea of the topics to be covered.
Laptop Policy
The Academic Center for Student – Athletes has made available, laptops, to be borrowed for road trips. In order to obtain a laptop for a trip, simply fill out a “Laptop Borrowing Contract”. A coach must sign off acknowledging that an Athletics laptop is being used on a trip, and submit it to ACSA in exchange for a laptop.
All laptops are for weekend borrowing and must be returned by the following Monday at noon. Special exceptions can be made if ACSA is notified in advance. Failure to comply with the borrowing agreement can result in the suspension of laptop borrowing privileges. Appropriate compensation for equipment will be made to ACSA in the event of damage or loss.
Book Scholarship Procedure
If a student-athlete has received a book scholarship; they must first retrieve a book voucher from an Athletic Academic Advisor. Upon filling it out, bring the voucher back along with a copy of their schedule for approval. Once it is signed, the student-athlete is to buy used books from the bookstore. Things such as pencils, pens, calculators, notebooks, etc. will not be allowed.
After the voucher is submitted to the bookstore, they will sign off on the student-athlete’s books and take a copy of the voucher. The student-athlete must then return the remaining form and the pink receipt to the Academic Advisor immediately. If books are not available or new books have been ordered for the course, a new voucher may be obtained and taken to the UMBC Bookstore only if the previous forms have been returned. If the student athlete changes his/her class schedule after purchasing books, the books for the first course should be returned to the bookstore immediately where all monies will be refunded to the athletic department account and record will be sent to the Academic Advisor.
At the end of the semester the student-athlete must retrieve a buyback form from the Academic Center for Student Athletes and return their books along with that form to the bookstore. Any books not purchased by the bookstore must be returned to the Athletic Academic Advisor or you will be billed for the books. All books should be returned before 4 pm on the last day of final exams for the current semester.
Any student athlete who returns books late will be billed 25% of the printed book value. Any student who does not return books will be billed for 50% of the printed book value and may forfeit the book portion of their athletic scholarship for the next semester. Any book that is deemed unacceptable by the bookstore due to damages will be paid for in-full by the student.
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